Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Thursday, shares of Healthcare companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.5%. Within that group, Molina Healthcare Inc (Symbol: MOH) and West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (Symbol: WST) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 19.6% and 17.3%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLV), which is down 0.4% on the day, and up 11.08% year-to-date. Molina Healthcare Inc, meanwhile, is down 9.00% year-to-date, and West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., is down 4.41% year-to-date. Combined, MOH and WST make up approximately 0.8% of the underlying holdings of XLV.
The next best performing sector is the Consumer Products sector, up 0.3%. Among large Consumer Products stocks, Tesla Inc (Symbol: TSLA) and Pool Corp (Symbol: POOL) are the most notable, showing a gain of 20.8% and 7.5%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Consumer Products stocks is the iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF (IYK), which is down 0.2% in midday trading, and up 10.59% on a year-to-date basis. Tesla Inc, meanwhile, is up 3.88% year-to-date, and Pool Corp, is down 4.54% year-to-date.
Comparing these stocks and ETFs on a trailing twelve month basis, below is a relative stock price performance chart, with each of the symbols shown in a different color as labeled in the legend at the bottom:
Here’s a snapshot of how the S&P 500 components within the various sectors are faring in afternoon trading on Thursday. As you can see, five sectors are up on the day, while four sectors are down.
| Sector | % Change |
|---|---|
| Healthcare | +0.5% |
| Consumer Products | +0.3% |
| Financial | +0.3% |
| Technology & Communications | +0.3% |
| Services | +0.1% |
| Industrial | -0.2% |
| Energy | -0.3% |
| Utilities | -0.5% |
| Materials | -1.1% |
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